C china-EU School of Law中欧法学院 例CM和i0e中者 EUROPEAN LEGAL HISTORYA COMMON LAW AND CIVIL LAW TRADITIONS
EUROPEAN LEGAL HISTORY: COMMON LAW AND CIVIL LAW TRADITIONS
G china- EU School of law中欧法学院 lcic0ne中者去甲 EUROPE IS A CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION BASED ON LAW Europe is a cultural, not geographical construction Rome is not the origin of europe: The roman Empire was a mediterranean empire Its Law ceased to be in force when the empire fell down
EUROPE IS A CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION BASED ON LAW • Europe is a cultural, not geographical, construction • Rome is not the origin of Europe: – The roman Empire was a Mediterranean empire – Its Law ceased to be in force when the empire fell down
The empire around the year 117, when Trajan's reign reached its maximum expansion in its history
The empire around the year 117, when Trajan's reign reached its maximum expansion in its history 14
G china- EU School of law中欧法学院 lcic0ne中者去甲 Rome legacy in the base of europe European law it is not roman law but the idea of rome do is in the base of the cultural construction of Europe The roman empire (27 a C. -476 d c) was a Mediterranean empire based on the idea of city civitas [the civitas rome Legal certainty existed only in the frame of the city Law regulated very few things ownership, transfer of ownership, use of things, inheritance . ="civil"law Law only regarded relationships among private individuals Elaborated by jurisconsults it was fundamentally a jurisprudential law
Rome legacy in the base of Europe • European law it is not Roman law BUT the idea of Rome do is in the base of the cultural construction of Europe • The Roman Empire (27 a. C.- 476 d. C) was a Mediterranean empire based on the idea of city = civitas [The Civitas = ROME] – Legal certainty existed only in the frame of the city – Law regulated very few things: ownership, transfer of ownership, use of things, inheritance… = “civil” law – Law only regarded relationships among private individuals – Elaborated by jurisconsults = it was fundamentally a jurisprudential law
G china- EU School of law中欧法学院 lcic0ne中者去甲 Rome legacy in the base of Europe Fall of the Western roman Empire(476 dc)i An economic crisis make people abandon the cities and emigrate to the field Crisis of civil life s crisis of civil law Dissapearance of legal certainty An elaborate understanding of law falls A centralized organization of power crumbles But the Eastern part of the Empire preserved classical Roman law> Compilation of Justinian
Rome legacy in the base of Europe • Fall of the Western Roman Empire (476 dC) ➔ An economic crisis make people abandon the cities and emigrate to the field: – Crisis of civil life = crisis of civil law: • Dissapearance of legal certainty • An elaborate understanding of law falls • A centralized organization of power crumbles • But the Eastern part of the Empire preserved classical Roman law ➔ Compilation of Justinian